Conference on Positive-Strand RNA Viruses

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案要求资金， 美国科学家，特别是年轻的研究人员，博士后研究员， 博士生参加第六届国际正链RNA 2001年5月28日至6月2日在法国巴黎举行的病毒研讨会。座谈会 共同组织者是文森特Deubel，巴斯德研究所，和马戈布林顿，格鲁吉亚 州立大学。当地组委会包括米歇尔·布拉希奇博士， Anne-Lise Haenni和Hubert Laude。 科学咨询委员会成员 委员会，保罗·阿尔奎斯特博士，安迪·博尔曼，让·杜比森，黛安·格里芬， 弗朗茨十世海因茨，肯理查兹，威利Spaan和弗兰克A。恩尼斯将与 组织者为科学计划选择演讲者。一 由布林顿博士、格里芬博士和阿尔奎斯特博士组成的小组委员会将选出 美国年轻科学家将获得旅行基金。所涉专题 八次全体会议（30分钟会谈）和一次简短会谈将 包括：病毒进入、病毒装配、基因组表达和复制， 病毒-宿主相互作用，宿主细胞对病毒感染的反应， 控制病毒感染和病毒进化以及基因组学。 正链 RNA病毒包括七个动物病毒家族，十八个动物病毒家族， 植物病毒，一个昆虫病毒家族和一个噬菌体家族。 由正链RNA病毒引起的疾病具有医学、农业、 和经济意义。人类脑炎，脊髓灰质炎，心脏病， 肝炎、感冒、肠胃炎、出血热、眼睛 感染和出生缺陷是由正链RNA病毒引起的。 前几届国际正链RNA病毒研讨会于1986年举行， 1989、1992、1995和1998年。由于广泛的国际参与， 这次研讨会的地点在美国和欧洲交替举行。 前五次会议都非常成功地实现了 促进科学家之间的讨论，传播新的研究成果， 信息，并启动动物，植物和 昆虫病毒研究者支持这些会议的资金来自 注册费、赠款和行业捐款。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests funds to enable U.S. scientists, particularly young investigators, postdoctoral fellows, and predoctoral students to attend the Sixth International Positive-Strand RNA Virus Symposium in Paris, France, May 28 to June 2, 2001. The symposium co-organizers are Vincent Deubel, Institut Pasteur, and Margo Brinton, Georgia State University. The local organizing committee includes Drs. Michel Brahic, Anne-Lise Haenni, and Hubert Laude. The members of the Scientific Advisory Committee, Drs. Paul Ahlquist, Andy Borman, Jean Dubuisson, Diane Griffin, Franz X. Heinz, Ken Richards, Willy Spaan and Frank A. Ennis will work with the organizers to select the speakers for the scientific program. A subcommittee composed of Drs. Brinton, Griffin and Ahlquist will select the young US scientists who will be awarded travel funds. Topics covered in the eight plenary sessions (30 min. talks) and one short-talk session will include: virus entry, viral assembly, genome expression and replication, virus-host interactions, host cell response to viral infection, strategies for control of viral infections and viral evolution and genomics. Positive-strand RNA viruses comprise seven families of animal viruses, eighteen families of plant viruses, one family of insect viruses and one family of bacteriophages. Diseases caused by positive strand RNA viruses are of medical, agricultural and economic significance. Human encephalitis, poliomyelitis, heart disease, hepatitis, the common cold, gastroenteritis, haemorrhagic fever, eye infections, and birth defects are caused by positive-strand RNA viruses. Previous International Positive-Strand RNA Virus Symposiums were held in 1986, 1989, 1992, 1995 and 1998. Because of the broad-based international attendance of this symposium, the conference site alternates between the USA and Europe. All five of the previous meetings were extremely successful in achieving the goal of promoting discourse among scientists, disseminating new research information, and initiating new collaborations between animal, plant and insect virus researchers. Funds to support these meetings are obtained from registration fees, grants and industry donations.